Al-Khalifa profiles
Profile: Bahrain’s King Hamad - An affable figure for troubled times
Son of the first emir of Bahrain, Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa (3 June 1931-6 March 1999; ruled from 1961), Hamad did not become ruler on the back of a wide-ranging apprenticeship in power.
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Profile: Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman - a ‘liberal’ among the Al-Khalifa
Long viewed as a political and economic liberal, GSN’s editorial director remembers late 1990s/early 2000s Salman as an enthusiastic reformer who looked to open up Bahrain’s economy as its previously dominant banking sector started to be challenged by Dubai.
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Profile: Bahrain’s Nasser Bin Hamad - a favourite rises higher
Born in 8 May 1987, to King Hamad’s second wife Sheikha Sheia Bint Hassan Al-Khrayyesh Al-Ajmi, Nasser was initially educated in Bahrain and then went to the UK, where he passed out from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in August 2006.
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Bahrain: Al-Khalifa family tree – revised March 2022
Revised in March 2022, this abridged family tree of Bahrain's ruling Al-Khalifa family illustrates the main line of succession from Sheikh Ali (r. 1868-69) to King Hamad and Crown Prince Salman.
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